EDUCATION

The truth behind the Gayby Baby ban(Sydney Morning
Herald) Sept 2 - The Presbyterian minister who led an attack on the screening of a film
about children with gay parents at a Sydney high school had his scripture
classes at the school dramatically slashed last year, documents seen by Fairfax
Media have revealed.

Government urged to remove LGBTI
discrimination in schools (The
Age, Melbourne) Sept 2 - Transgender students would be able to attend same-sex religious
schools and wear the uniform of their choice, and gay and lesbian teachers
would be allowed to work at religious schools, under changes mooted to
Victorian discrimination laws.

Queensland Catholic teachers to stop work (Brisbane Times) Sept 4 - Thousands of Queensland's Catholic school teachers are planning to
stop work for two days this month in support of better pay and conditions.

Pope makes surprise visit to Rome optician
for new eyeglasses (The West
Australian) Sept 4 - ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis slipped out of the Vatican on Thursday
evening to make a surprise visit to a Rome optician's shop to get a new pair of
eyeglasses, insisting that his old frames be re-used and that he would pay for
them.

Islam

Koran find queries Islam history (The Australian) Aug 31 - A copy of the Koran that may predate the Prophet Mohammad could
rewrite the early history of Islam, scholars believe.

Other

Evangelicals need to stop giving the rest
of us Christians a bad name (The
Guardian, Australia) Aug 31 - Ever since Jesus himself announced that his followers should be “salt
and light” (think: flavor and enlightenment) in the world and the apostle Paul
held his own in debates with first century intellectuals and Greek
philosophers, the Christian church has always held a mandate to positively
influence society at large.